Layout Tutorial #1- Yellow Heart
1. Open Adobe Photoshop and make a new file size 600 by 400 pixels.
2. Fill the background with #cccccc.
3. Make a new layer. Click on the custom shape tool, choose a heart, change your color to #fcf301 and drag a medium-sized heart onto the canvas while holding shift.
4. Control click the layer, and make a new layer. Change your color to black, and go to Edit- Stroke. Width: 1px, Location: outside, normal, 100%, unchecked. Click ok.
Drag the outline a teeny amount up and to the left.
5. Double click the shape layer. Click on Stroke and change the color to white and the width to 10px.
6. Click on the background layer and make a new layer above it. Change your color to white and grab a big grunge brush. You might want to use several.
7. Make a new layer. Use the eyedropper to get the original yellow color and drag some smaller shapes onto the canvas placed around the edges. Repeat the above process for a stroke and outline (but the stroke should only be 5px).
8. Change your color to white, make a new layer, and drag a narrow rectangle onto the canvas, big enough for text.
Go to Edit- Transform and tilt it to one side (but not completely sideways).
9. Make a new layer. Change your color to black, click on the text tool, and use Old English Text, strong, around size 30pt, to type your website's name roughly where the white box is.
10. Take the 1px paintbrush and scribble around some of the shapes and text. Don't go outside the canvas; it looks better if it's all contained. Change the layer style to Overlay and 50% opacity.
11. Finally, make a new layer with a few small, white hearts under the text. Double click the layer to add a black, 1px stroke set at Overlay.
